Türkiye: Release unfairly imprisoned activist

[Tilly lavenas]

Dear Friends

Please send this appeal on behalf of Enes Hocaoğulları. He has been charged with ‘publicly disseminating misleading information’ and ‘inciting the public to hatred and enmity.’ These charages are based solely on a short speech he gave at a Council of Europe conference. Enes is in prison awaiting trial. Thanks! Tilly & Guy

Mr Gökhan Karaköse 

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor 

Ankara Adliyesi 

Hacı Bayram Veli Mahallesi 

Atatürk Bulvarı No:40 

06050 Sıhhiye/Ankara 

TURKIYE

Email: anka...@adalet.gov.tr 

Social media handle: @ankaracbs 

Dear Mr. Gökhan Karaköse, 

I’m deeply worried about the arbitrary inprisonment of human rights defender Enes Hocaoğullar.  He has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest at Ankara Esenboğan Airport on 5 August.

 

Enes is a youth delegate who delivered a short speech in Strasbourg. He highlighted the human rights violations that occurred at a protest about the detention ot Istanbul’s mayor on 19 March. These included the police’s use of excessive force and threats of sexual violence in custody. 

His charges are obviously politically motivated. You must know that Enes’s speech is protected under Türkiye’s domestic laws, as well as international human rights law and standards codified in treaties to which Türkiye is a party. 

I urge you to release Enes immediately and unconditionally.

Sincerely

 

Please send a copy to the ambassador in your country:

HE Sedat Önal

Embassy of Türkiye

2525 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20008

embassy.wa...@mfa.gov.tr

HE Mr Osman Koray Ertaş 

Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye

43 Belgrave Square

London SW1X 8PA

embassy...@mfa.gov.tr 

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For more information about Amnesty’s Uurgent Action 78/25, 19 August: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur44/0214/2025/en/